They were not. They were, but there's a good bit more to it than that. The people who sorted the coins, knew next to nothing about coins. This...
Given this - - and the fact that gold color variation is quite common with pretty much all coins, I strongly suspect it was nothing more than...
No, and I've never seen it happen. Not likely on a coin like this one. Yeah, it should be if that was what happened. But I don't think that is...
I think he's talking about the spot at the back edge of the hair in the field - not the one on the neck.
Yeah, I know. You're still missing the point I'm making. And XRF can only do 1 thing - the "sniffer" can do several different things. They are not...
is it real ? No way to tell - but then with pics, any pics, there rarely ever is.
My primary point is this, an XRF and the "sniffer" are not the same things, do not do the same things. "the PCGS Coin Sniffer will analyze the...
Those are not die polish lines.
Yeah, but that's NOT what the "sniffer" is. The TPGs do have, and use XRF though. And handheld XRF units do resemble a ray gun. A description,...
[IMG] This one has been messed with, no grade.
They have a long list of materials that are unacceptable and will result in a no grade. Cleaning materials that are acceptable, (distilled water,...
There is no "set" thing, sometimes you have to experiment a bit because different putty has different ingredients. For example, sometimes you...
These discussions of the pros and cons of using acetone on copper have been going on in coin forums for at least 20 years that I know of. And it's...
Or a combination of all of them both obv and rev.
Solvents of one kind or another, and sometimes first one and then another.
Read the forum rules, they explain why.
They most definitely do ! I strongly suspect the Damaged designation is because of the scratches on the bell. [ATTACH] I call that damage.
They do ! They've BEEN doing it for as long as PCGS has.
Coins that portray ruler much younger looking.... With that as the topic it'd be kinda hard to forget about Louis XIIII, The Sun King. His reign...
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